Reaper's City

The mighty kingdom of Dres Vaan has descended into chaos. The culprits? Gangs. Lilia Carlton has been taught from day one about the atrocities these gangs have committed and has sworn to annihilate them all. But one day, a strange boy walks into her life. He makes her second guess all that she has known and all she has stood for. It seems that things are not always black and white.
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This was meant to be the prologue but booksie wouldn't doesn't
have a prologue option for its chapter number...Oh well. Enjoy!

One day. That's how long it took for the mighty kingdom of Dres
Vaan to descend into chaos. That's how long it took for Dres
Vaan to topple from her throne at the top of the world into the
abyss below. It took a single day for this one proud country to
be brought to its knees. The culprits: the innumerable feral
gangs that roamed throughout Dres Vaan's slums and stalked its
dark alleyways. The constant rivalry between the gangs normally
would have never allowed this to happen. They were too
preoccupied with their own greed for power. But it happened.
One man united them, the most vile of them all: the Skull King.

Screams and cries for help echoed from every corner of the
fallen kingdom as cities were set ablaze with gunshots and were
diminished to rubble. Civilians flocked to the border but those
filthy thugs had already beaten them to it and locked the giant
metal gates, their last means of escape. From then on, it was a
massacre. Death hung over the kingdom like a blanket, snuffing
out the signs of life.

You would never believe the things I saw as a child. Bodies
littered the roads, limbs were strewn across telephone poles
and buildings, and the stench of rotting, sometimes burning,
flesh was unbearable. There was never a moment without the
sound of gunfire or shrill screams. The walls of houses were
painted crimson, riddled with bullet holes. And when it rained,
the runoff paved the streets blood red. What was once Main
Street is now called the Red for its concrete was permanently
stained with blood. The Council tried to repaint it black but
to no avail. The red still shown through as if to mock Dres
Vaan for its weakness. So they reluctantly painted it red and
today, it is a constant reminder of our past. The brutality of
it all was enough to drive anybody insane, traumatizing them
for life.

For five years Dres Vaan remained in this tattered and beaten
state, ruled by thugs, until two valient men came together and
rallied the troops, Liam Woods and Edgar Carlton. With a
newfound strength, leadership, and boost in morale, the Army
struck back with a terrifying force. The war that ensued was
one the world had never seen before. It was as fierce as the
massacre before it and countless of lives were lost.

The apprehension of the Skull King signaled the end of the
decade long war. The execution scaffold was built on the Red
and the citizens came from all over the kingdom to watch the
man who had brought them ruin and despair meet his end. It was
the first time in years that the ventured out into the streets.
They no longer needed to hide.

Liam and Edgar stood on either side of the Skull King, guns
pointed at his temple. Then Liam made a mistake. One that would
haunt the kingdom in its coming years. "Any last words?" he
asked. At this the Skull King let loose a bone-chilling laugh.
"Even without its head, a skeleton will continue to live. It
will appear from the shadows once more and will terrorize you
until you are at your wit's ends. And if you think you've seen
the last of me, then you, my friends, are dead wrong." Rattling
his chains, his howl echoed over the faces of the crowd before
him, faces that had been contorted into fear. Liam and Edgar
pulled their triggers but it was too late. The damage had been
done. Though the Skull King had been silenced, he had drilled
fear and dread into their hearts.

In the years that passed, the Army drove the rest of the gangs
into hiding. The people crowned Liam king who then chose Edgar
to be the Army's Commander. Without the Skull King, the gangs
fought one another in a scramble for the throne. But none was
as strong, as cunning, and as charismatic as their former king.
The alliance fell apart but the gangs never stopped fighting.
The Army was able to arrest countless numbers of gangs but many
more still remained. So to this day, the war between the gangs
and the Army still rages on. The skeleton the Skull King had
spoken of died in the end, but the people feared that one day,
he'd be back and the bloodshed would repeat itself.

But I won't allow that to happen. My name? Lilia Carlton, the
Commandant's only child and a proud member of the Army's secret
faction, the Hunt. Ever since the day I was born, the hatred
towards those filthy gangs has flooded my veins and has been
drilled into my heart, body, soul, and mind. Though seventeen
is a young age for one to enlist in the Army, let alone the
Hunt, I am a soldier through and through. I swear to my
kingdom, I will do what my father has not been able to. I will
erase every damn gangoff the face of our world so that our
kingdom can finally be at peace.

Author's Note:

This is my first try here in Booksie, so please bear with me
okay? Right now, I'm going to be focused on the action but
there will definitely be romance in the future.